Charles de Tricornot de Rose

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Jean Baptiste Marie Charles de Tricornot de Rose (French: [ʃaʁl də tʁikɔʁno də ʁoz]; 14 October 1876 – 11 May 1916) was a French Army pilot. He joined the French Army in 1895 and became a cavalry officer. During a three-year suspension, for refusing orders to enter churches in support of the 1905 French law on the Separation of the Churches and the State, de Rose became interested in aircraft. Upon his return to the army he attended a flying school and became the first holder of a French military pilot's licence. In the lead-up to the First World War Tricornot de Rose served under Jean Baptiste Eugène Estienne to develop French army aviation and experimented with mounting machine guns on aircraft. During the war Tricornot de Rose first led a squadron and then the aircraft assigned to the 5th Army. He foresaw the importance of dedicated fighter aircraft and raised the first French fighter squadron in 1915. Tricornot de Rose played a key part in the early stage of the 1916 Battle of...

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